We’re near enough to Manchester here for several people at work to have some link with those involved: my daughter’s friend & her sister who were in the Arena toilets were unharmed, while a colleague knows one of the injured. Everyone’s been to events at the Arena, including Peter Gabriel in 2013 for me. The victims were very unlucky indeed ....

Rather than instilling fear, this horrendous act only galvanizes public support for weeding out suspected terrorist sects and annihilating them at the source.To those touched by this incident, they have my compassion.